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School: Foxrock (St Brigid's)

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Foxrock, Co. Dublin
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S. Ní Mhaolagáin
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    Nov 1937
    1. What is it that turns, turns never leaves? Milk
    2. What goes into a well, but never comes out of it? A sunbeam
    3. Twenty four white sheep feeding in a stall, up came a red bull, and licked them all: Teeth and tongue
    4. Why does a hen pick a pet? Because she can't lick it
    5. What never stops going? Air
    6. Hairy in, and hairy out, hairy into hairy's mouth: Foot into stocking
    7. As green as grass - it is not grass
    As red as a cherry - it is not a cherry
    As black as coal - it is not coal
    What is it? A blackberry
    8. Twenty sheep go out a gap,
    Twenty more along with that,
    Six, seven, ten, eleven
    Three and two:
    How many is that? Five
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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